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To: English Wikipedia Readers and Community <br />
'''To: English Wikipedia Readers and Community <br />
From: Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director <br />
'''From: Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director <br />
Date: January 16, 2011 <br /> <br />
'''Date: January 16, 2011 <br /> <br />


Today, the Wikipedia community [[w:en:Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action|announced its decision]] to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read statement from the Wikimedia Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States —the [[:w:en:Stop Online Piracy Act|Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)]] in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the [[:w:en:PROTECT_IP_Act|PROTECTIP Act (PIPA)]] in the U.S. Senate— that, if passed, would seriously damage the free and open Internet, including Wikipedia.
Today, the Wikipedia community [[w:en:Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action|announced its decision]] to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read statement from the Wikimedia Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States —the [[:w:en:Stop Online Piracy Act|Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)]] in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the [[:w:en:PROTECT_IP_Act|PROTECTIP Act (PIPA)]] in the U.S. Senate— that, if passed, would seriously damage the free and open Internet, including Wikipedia.

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